Post by juke46 on Dec 17, 2017 11:15:59 GMT
Many years ago we wanted to have a Wurlitzer 750. My wife liked it because the 750 seemed small and "cute". I wanted it because it was a jukebox. No such thing as a "bad" jukebox for me. We found one in Texas but it had been used in Mexico for some years. It was, I think $600. The machine was really rough, no coin gear, of course. Mexican coins don't work with American coin mechanisms. They had made or modified a coin chute and, if I remember right, using an easily operating micro switch (long lever) the coins would activate as they slid or rolled over for play credits. Any round coin shaped thing would have given a credit. The good was all original plastics were in great condition. The bad was a dog or something had chewed part of the case away. No termite damage was a really good thing and a surprise. After a cabinet rebuild and new veneer it looked great. The usual audio rebuild and a mechanism rebuild by an elderly Wurlitzer repairmen and all was well and in good shape. The missing coin gear was replaced despite being very scarce.
We found the rubber bushings the motor sets in had fallen to pieces and had been carefully sewn back together. The mechanism was so worn many parts had to be replaced. Here is a couple pictures of a cam that had been modified to compensate for extreme wear bay adding a brass shoulder to enlarge it. Some mechanism steel rollers were worn to the rivets holding them on. It's hard to believe this thing could ever worked in that condition but maybe it did, at least somewhat. We did not buy any more machines that had been returned to the USA from Mexico. We still have that machine and play it regularly. A few years ago we found a second 750-E and it was a pleasure to restore, not the disaster of the first. Pictures are from my Image Shack account.
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We found the rubber bushings the motor sets in had fallen to pieces and had been carefully sewn back together. The mechanism was so worn many parts had to be replaced. Here is a couple pictures of a cam that had been modified to compensate for extreme wear bay adding a brass shoulder to enlarge it. Some mechanism steel rollers were worn to the rivets holding them on. It's hard to believe this thing could ever worked in that condition but maybe it did, at least somewhat. We did not buy any more machines that had been returned to the USA from Mexico. We still have that machine and play it regularly. A few years ago we found a second 750-E and it was a pleasure to restore, not the disaster of the first. Pictures are from my Image Shack account.
imageshack.com/a/img922/7771/rnKW3u.jpg
imageshack.com/a/img923/719/pZiZaT.jpg
imageshack.com/a/img923/6876/hZ5HgO.jpg